Please see the History and Talk pages for the deletion of my post and the conversation that ensued. As you're aware Star Wars publishing began in 1978 and by the time of these stories' publication in 1979, was limited to the Marvel Comic series, Russ Manning's newspaper strips, and a single novel. It is well known among fandom, and verifiable, that Chris Claremont created the first two black female characters (in fact the first black characters) in the Star Wars universe, in Annual #1: The Long Hunt, and Marvel UK Weekly #107-115: World of Fire. These characters are Katya M'Buele and Mici Shabandar. Claremont's two stories, assigned at the same time, were published a few months apart.